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Old Thu, May-07-20, 06:37
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Originally Posted by s93uv3h
iirc they are allowed to put 0 (zero) content if it's .5 g or less. So they get to sneak in any number of items under our noses. Manipulating the serving size adjusts the grams per serving content.



Yep, they've been allowed to round the nutrition stats for years - and since then, they've manipulating the size of the serving so that the nutrition stats are more attractive to their target customer.



It started with fat content - make the serving size very small, then brag on the front of the package that it's low fat or fat free to attract the fat phobic consumer.



If they're now intentionally targeting the actual sugar content/carb content for manipulation (by reporting it on the front of the label), it means that LC and keto are becoming more mainstream. But it also means we need to be even more vigilant than ever about reading ingredients and noting the serving size.
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